AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE

THE FIFTH AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE / FUJIMOTO Hitoshisadanari

Ama Cyo To Sato Biki No Koku

Plaster, Wood, Cement, Stone, Tinplate, Iron
1000×1000×180 cm (8P)
900 kg (8P)

If I take a really good look at the society I am involved with, particularly artistic society, I find many things that are interesting. I'm going to think about the title. Its fun to think that if the "characters" of the title are the work, or if the "thing" that was the work becomes the title, the distinction between them will disappear.

THE FOURTH AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE / FUJIMOTO Hitoshisadanari

Let's look at photos of moss and mushroom taken by IZAWA Masana, Photographer of Nature.

Aluminum, Stone, Lens, The positive film taken by IZAWA Masana
30×30×30-90 cm (×17P)

Since last year I have built a device to show IZAWA Masana's photographs of molds, mushrooms and mosses in an enjoyable way, and I have presented it at elementary schools, mycology seminars, art exhibitions, museums and elsewhere. Now I look forward to showing the people of Amabiki, and the visitors to the Second Amabiki Village and Sculpture, the photographs of moss and mushrooms that IZAWA took in the course of six months of fieldwork.

THE THIRD AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE / FUJIMOTO Hitoshisadanari

EXHUBITION OF AMABUKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE visitor's rest area provided by
FUJIMOTO REST AREA ORGANIZATION

White Fifty chairs, Woods, White lacquer
Chair 43×40×73 cm (×50P)
Chair 5.5 kg

I make things, I show them to people, and that opens up communication.
I enjoy those things as I carry on with "creation".
Even if I am not aware of the distinction, that "creation" may be divided between "art" and "non-art". Thinking about from an economic perspective, things that seem to be only natural seem to become necessities, and in other areas there are still things I can't understand.
In this Amabiki Village and Sculpture exhibition, I took that as my theme, and I believe I was able to express the area around that boundary between what is art and what is not.

THE SECOND AMABIKI VILLAGE AND SCULPTURE / FUJIMOTO Hitoshisadanari

I think the simple act of "looking" is undergoing great change, which we do not notice.
Now that things are becoming more virtual, blurring the boundaries between reality and unreality, I think the perception of something as real because its image has appeared on one's retina, and of the thing before one's eyes as something "seen", is becoming increasingly complex.
I want the things I examine to become part of the expression of that kind of "seeing".

Objectively admire

Plywood. Aluminum board. Telescope×2